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Tight security for Kerbala gathering

The event marks the end of the annual mourning period for the death of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein who was killed in battle in the seventh century. The gathering has been targeted in the past by suspected Sunni Islamist bombers.

Reuters | February 14, 2009Watch more videos from Reuters

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